Intel reportedly to postpone X48 chipset launch due to X38

Jake_Barnes

Splendid
Intel was originally going to launch the X48 chipset in January next year, however the company may postpone the chipset launch by 1-2 months because one of the first-tier motherboard makers still holds a large volume of X38 chipset inventory, according to sources at motherboard makers.

The motherboard maker fears that the X48 chipset will slow down clearance of its X38 chipset inventory and has negotiated with Intel to delay the launch of its X48 chipset. However the delay is expected to hurt makers who do not have an overstock X38 chipsets.

Each motherboard maker has already received X48 A1 test samples from Intel and sent back 10 motherboards for debugging. The original mass production schedules were set between the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008.

In addition to DDR3 1600 memory support, the X48 chipset will also support Intel XMP (extreme memory profile) technology, to automatically optimize performance with memory modules that support XMP.

© DIGITIMES Inc.
 
Recently bought the X38 supporting DDR2. Hoping to run Yorkfield Quad core reasonably well with this system. DDR3 is expensive and needed for the X48. Especially so when considering replacing the 8 Gb's. I am currently using. 8 GB's of DDR2 at 1100+ mhz. is OK for now. Speaking of 'word' worthy, 780i will support dual core Yorkfield, but will not support quad core? Or better yet, Nvidia's latest chipset will be 'limited' with the new Intel 45nm processors? Any new word about this?